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First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
This volume is the outcome of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on
the Ethoexperimental Analysis of Behavior, which was held at II
Ciocco in Tuscany, in July, 1988. This particular ASI had an
interesting history. In 1980, a NATO ASI on the topic of the
Biology of Aggression was held in Bonas, France. This meeting
brought together a group of European and American researchers and
students from diverse areas, including Psychology, Zoology,
Genetics and the like, all of whom were involved or becoming
involved in the study of aggression. The Bonas meeting outlined
several emerging trends in aggression research, the most prominent
of which was an increased emphasis on the behavioral aspects of
aggression. This included studying a variety of aggressive
behaviors rather than single measures; an interest in what might
have been previously considered minutiae, such as the targets for
bites or blows and the specifics of movement relationships in
dyadic interactions; and a desire to relate the dependent variables
of laboratory tests to the typical aggressive behaviors seen for
related animals in their natural habitats. This increased attention
to natural patterns of aggressive behavior was also very
interesting in light of the many findings presented at the Bonas
meeting which indicated particular involvement of a number of
biological systems in aggression: These findings suggested that
aggression constitutes an evolved neurobehavioral system (quite
possibly more than one, in fact) representing the activities of a
relatively specific biological substrate expressed through a
patterned system of behaviors.
This volume is the outcome of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on
the Ethoexperimental Analysis of Behavior, which was held at II
Ciocco in Tuscany, in July, 1988. This particular ASI had an
interesting history. In 1980, a NATO ASI on the topic of the
Biology of Aggression was held in Bonas, France. This meeting
brought together a group of European and American researchers and
students from diverse areas, including Psychology, Zoology,
Genetics and the like, all of whom were involved or becoming
involved in the study of aggression. The Bonas meeting outlined
several emerging trends in aggression research, the most prominent
of which was an increased emphasis on the behavioral aspects of
aggression. This included studying a variety of aggressive
behaviors rather than single measures; an interest in what might
have been previously considered minutiae, such as the targets for
bites or blows and the specifics of movement relationships in
dyadic interactions; and a desire to relate the dependent variables
of laboratory tests to the typical aggressive behaviors seen for
related animals in their natural habitats. This increased attention
to natural patterns of aggressive behavior was also very
interesting in light of the many findings presented at the Bonas
meeting which indicated particular involvement of a number of
biological systems in aggression: These findings suggested that
aggression constitutes an evolved neurobehavioral system (quite
possibly more than one, in fact) representing the activities of a
relatively specific biological substrate expressed through a
patterned system of behaviors.
Infanticide is an extremely complex behavioral pattern that occurs
throughout the animal kingdom and it must be considered not only in
isolation but also from the viewpoint of an animal's care of its
young. The concept of infanticide is considered in different
mammals such as humans, primates, pinnipeds, lions, dwarf mongooses
and prairie dogs and in non-mammals including insects and birds.
This book also views the topic in different environmental
conditions such as the natural habitat of an animal and animals
kept in laboratory conditions.
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